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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
China Academy of Telecommunications Technology, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
China Academy Of Telecommunications Technology, Beijing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
The method of transmitting a discovery signal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: determining whether a channel in an unlicensed frequency band is idle; transmitting the discovery signal in the channel in the unlicensed frequency band during a current cycle of a discovery signal transmission period if the channel in the unlicensed frequency band is determined to be idle; and not transmitting the discovery signal in the channel in the unlicensed frequency band during the current cycle if the channel in the unlicensed frequency band is determined to be not idle.